*GMO ingredients **PGPR stands for Polyglycerol Polyricinoleate and is a chemical used to replace the expensive cocoa butter that is normally found in chocolate. TBHQ stands for Tertiary Butylhydroquinone and comes from petroleum and is related to butane (often used as a preservative).

Really, there’s no need for all that junk.

I came up with a Copycat Reese’s Peanut Butter Egg recipe that will knock. your. socks off! And with only 6 ingredients (ones that you’ll actually recognize, too), your tummy will thank you.

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Copycat Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs (Dairy/Gluten-Free)

Ditch the nasty processed, questionable ingredients in Reese's Peanut Butter Eggs and make these "cleaner" copycats!

Cut out a piece of parchment paper and place it on the bottom an 8-inch round dish or pan (I just used a stainless steel skillet). You could pretty much use anything here that's about that size.

Spread the mixture on top of the parchment paper and place in fridge to chill for at least a 1/2 hour.

While that's chilling, melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler.

Once they are melted, stir in the 2 TBSP palm shortening.

Set aside to cool.

When the peanut butter mixture is chilled and able to be handled, turn it over onto a cutting board covered with parchment paper.

Using a small round lid or small cookie cutter, cut out circles, and mold them into more of an "oval" shape. I used this medicine measuring thing, and it worked perfect:

If the mixture gets too soft, put it back in fridge for a bit to harden back up.

Dip in chocolate that has cooled off a bit, and place back onto plate covered with parchment paper.

Chill for another 1/2 hour or so, until the outside is hardened.

Recipe Notes

Note: If you want to eliminate the palm shortening from the melted chocolate chips, you can. The chocolate, however, will go on thicker, and be harder than it is with the palm shortening.For best results, store in fridge.

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